Reconstruction-era legislation

Reconstruction-era legislation comprises the post–Civil War laws and constitutional amendments enacted between 1865 and 1877 to abolish slavery, define citizenship, protect civil rights, and restructure political power in the former Confederate states.

Observed surface forms (3)

• Reconstruction-era statute ×1
• post–Civil War legislation ×1
• racially discriminatory laws ×1

Instances (8)

• Black Codes via concept surface "racially discriminatory laws"
• Civil Rights Act of 1870
• Civil Rights Act of 1871
• Enforcement Acts
• Tenure of Office Act
• Reconstruction Acts of 1867
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 via concept surface "Reconstruction-era statute"
• First Enforcement Act